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Historical Event on 1/11/1991

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1947Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
2/23/19905-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected.
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
5/29/1915Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P.
4/1/1962Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
11/15/192116 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.